D.J. Fluker (Alabama), Tyler Bray (Tennessee), Maurice Couch (Tennessee), Fletcher Cox (Mississippi State) and Chad Bumphis (Mississippi State) are the players mentioned in the report. Fluker (San Diego), Bray (Kansas City) and Cox (Philadelphia) are currently with NFL teams. Couch is the only player still playing in college, but was ruled ineligible by Tennessee on Thursday and won't play Saturday at Oregon and could sit out longer.

Yahoo! discovered the identities of the players through financial and text message records from former Alabama defensive lineman Luther Davis. The records were obtained through a source “who alleged that Davis (at Alabama from 2007-10) was acting as an intermediary between several high-profile college football starters and multiple NFL agents and NFL advisers.”

— Three NFL agents and three financial advisers were involved in transactions with Davis for $45,550. Four of those people said they gave Davis money but didn’t tell him to give it to players. Two others did not comment.

— Davis received the money between September 2011 and December 2012.

Alabama won the 2012 BCS title with Fluker starting at offensive tackle. Tennessee and Mississippi State are both on probation until the summer of 2015, according to Yahoo! Sports.